What can I say about seeing Elton John for the first time other than….AMAZING.

My fiance and I were more than thrilled to see the legendary EJ in concert (especially in LA)! We were going over which songs we knew, which ones we hoped he would play, etc. On top of getting to see him live we were extremely fortunate to have such great floor seats (thanks to Kim)!

Both Scott and I had seen famous musicians in the past but there was NO ONE who compared to seeing Elton live. From the minute he walked through the fog in his sparkly suit, we were star struck. For the next 3+ hours we danced and sang along to one of the greatest legends of all times.

One of the things I will remember the most from that night is his fans. I have never seen such loyal and excited people! I overheard people talking about how far they came from or how many times they have seen him perform.

Seeing Elton perform was truly unforgettable. Not just his singing but his entire performance from lights, stage design, and more. Im very grateful for the chance to see the world-renowned singer, songwriter and performer Elton John!

Editor’s Note: I was supposed to be at this concert, too, but the airlines did not cooperate. To be honest, I was a little nervous about what Scott and Mallory would think, but I am so happy they enjoyed the experience. Hopefully, their first won’t be their last…

Yesterday was Valentines Day, and I found myself trying to figure out what my favorite Elton John love songs are. It came to me that I don’t think there are as many love songs (in the classic sense of the term) as you might think (especially with a portfolio as long and robust as the boys’). So many of Bernie’s lyrics are truly story telling, picture painting – a “mini movie,” as Elton has oft described them.

In the spirit of Valentines Day

What do you think constitutes a love song? There are so many different kinds of love. I am drawn to songs that portray the realities of love, even a love that has not ended well. (I love books and movies that make me cry, too – can you spot a trend)?

Most of us have had several experiences with love, each one providing a different stroke, color or texture to the portrait of who we are.

If I were to rank my top 10 Elton John/Bernie Taupin love songs, today it would be:

Original Sin: Beyond control, passionate love (“I can’t eat, can’t sleep, still I hunger for you when you look at me. That face, those eyes, all the sinful pleasures deep inside“)

Amoreena: Innocent love (“Lately I’ve been thinking how much I miss my lady, Amoreena’s in the cornfield brightening the daybreak, living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours, rolling through the hay like a puppy child“)

Pinky: A first real love (“You don’t want to tell me but somehow you’ve guessed that I know, oh when dawn came this morning you discovered a feeling that burned like a flame in your soul“)

Come Down in Time: Unrequited love (“There are women and women and some hold you tight, while some leave you counting the stars in the night“)

The Greatest Discovery: Brotherly love (“And all you ever learned from them, until you grew much older, did not compare with when they said, this is your brand new brother“)

The One: Relieved that I finally found my one love (“In the instant that you love someone, in the second that the hammer hits, Reality runs up your spine and the pieces finally fit”)

Blues for Baby and Me: Rebellious love (“I called you my child, said honey now this is our game, there’s two of us to play it and I’m happy to be home again“)

Tonight: This is how it really is love (“Tonight, just let the curtains close in silence…Tonight, why not approach with less defiance the man who’d love to see you smile, who’d love to see you smile…Tonight“)

The Last Song: Love that sets you free(“I can’t believe you love me, I never thought you’d come, I guess I misjudged love between a father and his son“)

I Must Have Lost it on the Wind: Grateful for love, in all its shapes and forms (“And from one you learn something, and another you learn nothing, and there’s one who might teach you everything“)

[Side note: I’ve blogged about all of the Top 10 except The One. Hmmmm…]

And probably quite a few more that should’ve made one of these two lists! (Ok, so I guess there are certainly more “love songs” than I originally surmised. And I’m sure if you asked me tomorrow, my Top 10 list would be different).

And then there is Believe – probably in the Top 10 for a lot of you. Can I be honest? This is one song that, dare I say (as I brace myself for the arrows), I really don’t like that much. I always felt like the music didn’t fit the words (that it was a bit too much like a funeral dirge and that the lyrics were too simplistic for such lofty thoughts). With that said, though, it is amazing live, so it has grown on me.

What are YOUR favorite Elton John/Bernie Taupin love songs? I’d really like to know which ones hold a special place in your heart. And Happy (belated) Valentines Day to you, too!

Always Captain Fantastic!

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All Quiet on the Western Front
All That I’m Allowed (I’m Thankful)
American Triangle
Amoreena
Answer in the Sky
A Word in Spanish
Be Prepared
Better Off Dead
Between Seventeen and Twenty
Birds
Blessed
Blue Avenue
Blues for Baby and Me
Border Song
Breaking Hearts (Ain’t What It Used to Be)
Burn Down the Mission
Burning Buildings
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Candle in the Wind
Cage the Songbird
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Carla/Etude/Fanfare
Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)
Come Down In Time
Chloe
Club at the End of the Street
Curtains
Ego
Elton’s Song
Emily
Empty Sky
Foreign Fields
Friends
Funeral for a Friend
Good Morning to the Night
Grey Seal
Gulliver
Hakuna Matata
Harmony
Hay Chewed
Healing Hands
Heavy Traffic
Hercules
High Flying Bird
Home Again
I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)
I Just Can’t Wait to be King
I Must Have Lost it on the Wind
Idol
I’m Still Standing
Japanese Hands
Latitude
Levon
Love Builds a Garden
Little Jeannie
Made in England
Mandalay Again
Mansfield
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
My Quicksand
Old ’67
Original Sin
Out of the Blue
Paris
Pinky
Planes
Razor Face
Reverie
Roy Rogers
Sad
Sartorial Eloquence
Sixty Years On
Skyline Pigeon
Song for Guy
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
Step into Christmas
The Bitch is Back
The Captain and the Kid
The Circle of Life
The Greatest Discovery
The Last Song
Theme from a Non-Existent TV Series
This Song Has No Title
Tiny Dancer
Tonight
Too Low For Zero
We All Fall in Love Sometimes
Weight of the World
Where To Now St. Peter?
Whispers
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